{"id":11827,"date":"2011-05-25T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T21:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=11827"},"modified":"2011-05-25T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T23:16:42","slug":"a-time-to-get-bigger-in-your-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-time-to-get-bigger-in-your-position","title":{"rendered":"A time to get bigger in your position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let\u2019s talk about a way to get bigger in a set up from today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">PSS offered an example of a time to get bigger.  16 was our level on our long term charts.  PSS started to work and traded down into the 70 cents area.  And then it popped back up near 16.  You must get bigger into this pop.  16 was your level.  The move away into the 70 cents area was more evidence you were correct.  Add and set your stops above 16.  You must get bigger into this pop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EP-short-the-pop-may-25th-2011.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11843\" title=\"EP short the pop may 25th 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EP-short-the-pop-may-25th-2011.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EP-short-the-pop-may-25th-2011.png 1000w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EP-short-the-pop-may-25th-2011-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<br \/>\nAuthor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s talk about a way to get bigger in a set up from today. PSS offered an example of a time to get bigger. 16 was our level on our long term charts. PSS started to work and traded down into the 70 cents area. And then it popped back up near 16. You must get bigger into this pop. &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-time-to-get-bigger-in-your-position\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1814,1812,1813,4674,1580,81],"class_list":["post-11827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-add-risk","tag-add-size","tag-controlling-risk","tag-one-good-trade","tag-sizing","tag-smb-training","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A time to get bigger in your position | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-time-to-get-bigger-in-your-position\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A time to get bigger in your position | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let\u2019s talk about a way to get bigger in a set up from today. 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